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What i mean by easy access to wilderness, multiple entry points to a different trails with different destinations along a single access road. There are a few places, where you can walk about one hundred yards from your car and your in a wilderness area.

Washout? Is it closed or something? Are we talking about basic car camping using hammocks?

The Dosewallips River washed out the road about 6 miles from the trailhead/ranger station/frontcountry campgroup (9 miles from the Hood Canal) several years ago and they have not gotten all the plans/paperwork filed to get it fixed yet. Our plan at this point is just to go to the washout point, which is the current trailhead, park the truck and find a couple pair of trees down by the river. We are still trying to develop a comfort level with hammocks (my buddy got his last week), so will be camping near the truck just in case it gets cold or something.

Cool! Another hanger in the neighborhood. We need an annual Pacific NW hang... If there isn't one already...
DanD76

JM2C (just my 2 cents)...An event closer to Oregon would suit me, something easy to invite new hangers to. Lots of places in the Waldo Lake Wilderness (land-o-lakes) and Three Sisters Wilderness in the Cascades. Any other Oregonians out there?

Originally Posted by KerMegan

I'm experiencing difficulty associating 'wilderness' with 'easy access'..
must be different where you live.
KM

As far as "wilderness"... That is the great thing about the PacificNW, wild spots can have easy access and are plentiful.

I'm planning on a late summer hang in stehekin... if you guys never been it's well worth it; the boat leaves from chelan.that's pretty much in the geographic center of the state. 3 1/2 hours from everywhere. they have a secure parking lot thats only $4 a day and the boat trip is around $40 here's the site for more info http://www.ladyofthelake.com/

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